HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Sept. 14, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Simon Eye Management, DE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 14, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11908, row:3047)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Simon Eye Management, the business associate (BA), reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 144,780 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, state identification numbers, dates of birth, financial and claims information, diagnoses, and health insurance information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA and CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Workforce members received additional phishing awareness training.